Current time in KST
KST is UTC+9, used across South Korea. The clock below runs at that offset rather than at any one city's local time, because an abbreviation names an offset: when the region switches for the summer, the city moves and KST stays where it is.
7:17:44 PM
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
- Offset
- Etc/GMT-9
- UTC offset
- UTC+9
- 9 h ahead of your time
South Korea uses KST all year: there is no summer switch to track.
Need to convert a specific date and time between zones? Use the timezone converter.
How it works
The offset comes from the IANA time zone database rather than a table we typed out, read through the Asia/Seoul entry, so it follows the same data your operating system uses and cannot drift out of date on its own.
Frequently asked questions
Does KST change with daylight saving?
No, and this region never switches at all. South Korea stays on KST at UTC+9 through the whole year, so the arithmetic against your own clock only changes when your side moves.
Does KST mean only one thing?
Here, yes: these letters map to one offset, UTC+9, used by South Korea. That is not true of every abbreviation, which is why the safe habit for scheduling is to write the offset or the IANA zone name alongside the letters.
How do I convert a meeting time into KST?
Use the timezone converter linked above: pick the source zone and read the result. Doing it in your head is where mistakes come from, because you have to remember both sides' switch dates as well as the offsets, and the two hemispheres do not switch on the same weekends.